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New EPA regulations could force the closure of 65 percent of coal plants across the country, A Duke University study shows. That trend can already be seen in Indiana.
Duke Energy officials is planning to close four of its coal processing units at its Wabash River Facility in 2015. They are still deciding whether to transition a fifth unit to a natural gas processor.
Duke Energy Spokesman Lew Middleton says since 1990, Duke has spent about $2.8 billion to upgrade its Indiana facilities so they comply with EPA regulations.
Originally posted by prelar
re-schooling programs to install solar panels and windturbines.. it will provide alot of jobs..
Originally posted by prelar
re-schooling programs to install solar panels and windturbines.. it will provide alot of jobs..
Originally posted by lynxpilot
Originally posted by prelar
re-schooling programs to install solar panels and windturbines.. it will provide alot of jobs..
Great! So we can have electricity during the day to keep those lights on and once in a while at night so long as it's windy.
For the record the Sun doesn't shine every day, nor does the wind blow everyday.
Originally posted by XPLodER
Originally posted by lynxpilot
Originally posted by prelar
re-schooling programs to install solar panels and windturbines.. it will provide alot of jobs..
Great! So we can have electricity during the day to keep those lights on and once in a while at night so long as it's windy.
actually with the new long term power storage units passing testing you will find a 24/7 supply is possable
xploder
for the record germany is not exactly the most sunny place on earth,
yet they are the largest generator of solar power per head of population in the world.
and guess what staying with your head in the sand wont fix any problems with generation
get with the 21st century already
Originally posted by XPLodER
and yet solar in the US now employs more people than there are actors in California,
i guess if you want to get rid of pollution you have to close costly coal and go for renewable solar.
makes alot of sense.
you are just supporting the old paridime of power generation and control of the energy sector
any reason why you support dirty costly energy over the future of power generation?
any good reason?
xploder
These nanowires are conductive enough to extract charges easily, but long enough to provide the depth needed for light absorption, Jean says. Using a bottom-up growth process to grow these nanowires and infiltrating them with lead-sulfide quantum dots produces a 50 percent boost in the current generated by the solar cell, and a 35 percent increase in overall efficiency, Jean says. The process produces a vertical array of these nanowires, which are transparent to visible light, interspersed with quantum dots.
They can be manufactured in a room-temperature process, saving energy and avoiding complications associated with high-temperature processing of silicon and other PV materials. They can be made from abundant, inexpensive materials that do not require extensive purification, as silicon does. And they can be applied to a variety of inexpensive and even flexible substrate materials, such as lightweight plastics
Originally posted by XPLodER
reply to post by neo96
For the record the Sun doesn't shine every day, nor does the wind blow everyday.
for the record germany is not exactly the most sunny place on earth,
yet they are the largest generator of solar power per head of population in the world.
and guess what staying with your head in the sand wont fix any problems with generation
get with the 21st century already
xploder
As is so often the case in winter, all solar panels more or less stopped generating electricity at the same time. To avert power shortages, Germany currently has to import large amounts of electricity generated at nuclear power plants in France and the Czech Republic. To offset the temporary loss of solar power, grid operator Tennet resorted to an emergency backup plan, powering up an old oil-fired plant in the Austrian city of Graz.
for the record germany is not exactly the most sunny place on earth,
Originally posted by seeker1963
reply to post by XPLodER
for the record germany is not exactly the most sunny place on earth,
yet they are the largest generator of solar power per head of population in the world.
and guess what staying with your head in the sand wont fix any problems with generation
get with the 21st century already
Germany doesn't have wind farms that are fined by the government for a Bald Eagle flying into a turbine either!!
if you want to look at it from a science perspective instead of a political one,